Period Novels With a Male Lead Who's a Retired Cadre 年代文男主是老干部。

1. 51 不 I’m Done Pretending: After Winning the Factory Director’s Favor, I’m Completely Sold 不装了，抱上厂长大腿后我真香了 December Yo十二月呦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Jiang Yang opened her eyes, she was not only married, she also had a sixteen-year-old son. Her husband was the thirty-five-year-old director of a steel mill, and her stepson was a high school sophomore. A month ago, Ruan Wenli, who had been single for years, quietly announced his marriage. His lovely wife was a boiler-room worker more than ten years his junior, and the news shocked the entire third-tier city. Jiang Yang returned home and saw a tall, slender figure who had suddenly appeared 8.7kReads8.7Score599Shelves

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   The male protagonist appears to be gentle and polite, but in reality he is sullen, sinister, possessive, and has an age difference. Recommend[already planted][already planted][already planted]

2. 52 清 The Refined Factory Director Is Wrapped Around the Finger of a Sickly Beauty 清贵厂长被病美人拿捏了 A Chestnut一颗板栗Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted [Transmigration] [Sweet Romance] [Age Gap] [Top-Quality Male Lead] [Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger] In the 21st century, Jiang Wanwan is sickly, delicate, and so frail that a gust of wind could knock her over. After an accident, she arrives in the 1980s. She takes a liking to a man, and it seems he has taken a liking to her too. Who’s the fish, and who’s the prey? Jiang Wanwan raises the thing in her hand and smiles sweetly. “Factory Director Huo, do you like it?” “Like what?” In his 28 5.4kReads7.4Score722Shelves
3. 53 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: Holding Hands with a Cool-Headed Staff Officer 穿越七零：牵手高冷参谋 Lele Tea楽楽茶Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Sweet and adorable primary school teacher × aloof military adviser] Chen Cheng, a 21st-century writer, was in a car accident and transmigrated into the body of Chen Yucheng, a primary school teacher in the 1970s. Her father was a police officer, her mother a workshop supervisor, and her older brother a soldier. But Chen Yucheng was relentlessly harassed by one of her students' uncles. One day, he shoved her down a flight of stairs after school, and that was when Chen Cheng from the 21st century 268Reads7.2Score104Shelves
4. 54 躲 So What If You Hid for Five Years? The Commander Still Has You Wrapped Around His Finger 躲了五年又如何，首长又被拿捏了 Flowing Clouds, Purple Journey流云行紫Modern Romance557k WordsCompleted [Period setting + fake siblings + the hero is a stubborn coward at first + Marriage Before Love + groveling chase + a straight man's change of heart] Fu Chenzhou is the feared devil of the military camp in the Northwest, impervious to bullets and blades, cold-hearted and emotionless. Except when it comes to Qin Moyu, for whom he falls completely and utterly. She is the “younger sister” he has raised and doted on, but when she turns fifteen, he develops feelings for her that he shouldn't have. He 5.4kReads—Score499Shelves

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   The male protagonist is a third-generation soldier, the female protagonist is a capitalist lady, the second male protagonist is a powerful person in the capital, and the male protagonist is jealous of his integrity and is even jealous of a male cat. The second male lead was fighting and fighting over each other. The heroine is sober and independent. No space, no rebirth. The hero and heroine are childhood sweethearts and are each other's only relatives in this world.

5. 55 七 The 1970s: My Little Psycho of a Military Officer Husband Is Wrapped Around My Finger 七零：小小疯批军官老公，拿捏 A Smiling View笑着的风景Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted Military marriage + space + 1v1 + aloof military officer versus a free-spirited research genius [Although a few characters in this book have transmigrated, it’s necessary for the plot. They only show up and make a little trouble now and then.] Su Xiangnuan woke up one morning and found she had transmigrated. She had just slept with the husband she hadn’t seen in two years. Word was, he was ruthless, calculating, and completely unhinged. So what? A little crazy military officer husband? She could 106Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The domineering pet of veteran cadres

6. 56 穿 Transmigrating to the Era: I Became a Woman 穿越年代之我变成了女人 Jia Erzhu Who Loves Golden Pastries爱吃黄金盒的贾二柱Modern Romance655k WordsCompleted Transmigration + the 1990s + a high-ranking official's family + a touch of romantic rivalry. Before transmigrating, she knew a little taekwondo, how to play pool and basketball, and how to use a computer. She could even tell the occasional dirty joke. Then one day, she woke up as a beautiful young woman in the 1990s. Not wanting to waste the beauty Heaven had suddenly granted her in this life, she started learning to walk in high heels, dress up, and put on makeup. To keep anyone from discoverin 2.5kReads8.8Score150Shelves

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   A female soldier + a third-generation military prince. The heroine can play billiards, basketball, dance, tell jokes, seduce, and act coquettishly.

7. 57 八 The 1980s: Just Mention Divorce and the Commander Loses It 八零：一提离婚，首长就发疯 Fight Like a Real Man像个爷们儿一样去战斗Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted [1980s + Rebirth + Family Life + Raising a Child + Food] Her son is autistic, she is ill, and her husband is never home. Shen Nanchu thought things could hardly get worse, but then her family hit her with an even bigger shock. Reborn into a new life, she is determined to change the future and give everyone around her a happy ending. In her previous life, Shen Nanchu devoted herself wholeheartedly to Xie Yuheng. But in the end, she died miserably in a hospital bed. Her son was autistic, she was 166Reads6.6Score—Shelves
8. 58 重 So Passionate! After Remarrying, She Was Kissed to Tears by a Chaste Old Widower 重欲！改嫁后，被寡旱老男人亲哭 Yu Wanwan余晚晚Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Military marriage in the 1980s + old flame rekindled + age gap + face-slapping + both are each other's first and only + love grows with time] In her previous life, she took the childhood betrothal papers that had been arranged for her and went to the city to seek out her fiancé's family. Her fiancé had climbed the social ladder after moving to the city, and looked down on her as a country girl. To marry a rich, beautiful city girl, he even framed her as having been unchaste before marriage. Hum 9.1kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves
9. 59 七 Flirting with an Old Village Chief in the 1970s 七十年代撩个老村长 Baicao Bangzi百草帮子Modern Romance176k WordsCompleted All I did was stay up late. I woke up, and the sky had fallen. And what was with the ferocious old man sleeping beside me, snoring like thunder and sporting a full beard? A… a pervert? Help! … But before I could even finish shouting, the old man clamped a hand over my mouth and pinned me beneath him. I was done for! Zhong Xintong wanted to cry but had no tears. I’d just have to pretend a mad dog had bitten me! As long as he didn’t roast me first and then kill me, I’d be happy to survive. Be ge 151Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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   The male protagonist is the village chief and a veteran cadre. He is strict and self-disciplined outside, dignified and domineering, but he smiles like a fool. When the heroine woke up, she found that she was a 28-year-old woman with three children in the 1970s. Her husband eloped with the widow, leaving her to raise the three children while taking care of her blind mother-in-law and lame father-in-law. The man ran away, and she couldn't stand it any longer, so she set her sights on the village chief of Yaozhuang next door, Yao Dai, a divorced and high-quality bachelor with a daughter.

10. 60 资 The Capitalist Heiress Is Reborn, Takes Down Villains, and Charms the Village Tyrant 资本家千金重生，虐渣下乡撩村霸 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1970s, Sent to the Countryside, Rebirth, Revenge Against Scum] Qin Shuiyan had been beautiful since childhood, with a delicate, soft figure. She had a pretty face but no way to protect herself. After her family fell into ruin, her stepmother sold her to an old man to keep as a canary. Just as she could no longer endure the humiliation, Xu Mo, the man she had always looked down on, burst in with a hunting rifle, fighting his way through a hail of bullets to save her. “Xu Mo, I’m sorry. If there’ 7.7kReads8.1Score818Shelves

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    Xu Mo killed someone for her in his previous life, including himself. In this life, he only chopped firewood, carried water, and washed small clothes for her. Qin Shuiyan felt that Xu Mo was better in this life. Because the love in the previous life was death, and the love in this life is life. He washed her clothes while he was alive, planted jujube trees for her while he was still alive, sat on the kang and smoked, and occasionally looked back at her. This is enough, more than death.

11. 61 乖 Be Good! We Can Date, but Don't Tell Anyone 乖！处对象可以，别往外说 Hippo Gua Gua河马瓜瓜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, historical era, feel-good story, getting rich, sweet romance] The moment she opened her eyes, modern office worker Jiang Xiaosui had become a notorious woman expelled from a workers’, peasants’ and soldiers’ college in the 1970s. To make matters worse, she realized she had transmigrated into a rebirth novel, becoming the miserable contrast character whose suffering highlighted the heroine’s happy life. According to the plot, her grandfather would lose his position as t 11.9kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves

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    🍅A period story, the male protagonist is a veteran cadre, and the female protagonist wears a book. 🍅The heroine used her deception skills to get herself a job. She worked multiple jobs, received multiple wages, and earned foreign exchange for the country.

12. 62 快 Quick Transmigration: The Bewitching Beauty Who Captures Hearts 快穿之貌美妖女她勾人心魄 Pretty Girl Wants to Get Rich靓女要发财Modern Romance942k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + love at first sight + gentle beauty + romantic rivalry + a different male lead in every world] The flower spirit Yu Jiao had to transmigrate into one small world after another to help cannon-fodder supporting heroines fulfill their wishes, all to escape the Heavenly Dao's pursuit! World One: [A pitiful, captivating orphan] World Two: [A gentle, alluring beauty in a qipao] World Three: [A gentle, delicate girl-next-door] 20.8kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves

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    👍👍👍The male protagonist is a cadre with a very high status. Jiang Yuman went through the book and became the male protagonist's vicious ex-wife, and she was 6 months pregnant!! The beginning of the story is that the original person saw something happened at the male protagonist's home and was about to go to the countryside. She didn't want to go to the countryside and suffer hardships and planned to divorce the male protagonist. Knowing the plot, she certainly wouldn't make it difficult for herself and decisively hugged her husband's lap.

13. 63 顶 Ultimate Restraint 顶级克制 Bodhisattva Ye菩萨野Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted Rain poured outside the window, and the air was heavy and damp. The room was silent except for the soft rustle of Zhaoming Ji wiping her hair with a towel. Lu Daiqing sat on the sofa, watching her. She smiled, then padded slowly toward him on her wet, bare feet, and stepped on his white sneakers. - The air was hot and humid, the gloom unending, the tension thick with the scent of gunpowder, and the unspoken intimacy impossible to ignore. Under the same roof, she and he held themselves back, each 20.2kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
14. 64 穿 Reborn as a Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife, I Became the Whole Family's Darling 穿成大佬恶毒前妻后，被全家团宠 Braised Beef Brisket Rice牛腩焗饭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + personal space + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] When she opens her eyes, Jiang Yuman finds herself transmigrated into a book as the male lead’s wicked ex-wife, who is six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreams of becoming an official’s wife and tries every trick in the book to marry into the Fu family. But when the Fu family is falsely accused, stripped of their positi 110.8kReads9.0Score13.9kShelves
15. 65 快 Quick Transmigration: You Didn't Want to Marry Me, So Don't Cry When I Pick Someone Else 快穿！结婚你不愿，换人你别哭啊 July Sunrise七月朝阳Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Qing Dynasty Transmigration + Ancient Times + Modern-Day Scumbag-Bashing Revenge] Qing Dynasty transmigration + historical era + domineering CEO + broken engagement + cannon fodder + ex-wife + no fixed CP + golden finger + spatial dimension + cannon fodder comeback + punching scumbag men and tearing apart green tea women. High-octane catharsis from start to finish! ① The wealthy heiress strikes back against relatives trying to fleece her √ ② Qing Dynasty transmigration + Jia Yi 10.1kReads7.9Score879Shelves

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    Completed book about time travel, with space, no anger, and independent heroine

16. 66 前 She Goes to the Military Base to Divorce Him, Only to Be Kissed by the Chaste Officer 前往部队离婚，被禁欲军官亲哭了 I'm Drifting Deep in the Sea我在深飘飘Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + bright, beautiful medical student VS. cold, abstinent frontier officer] Lin Shurong transmigrates. Born into the 1960s, she becomes the only girl born into the family in three generations, the apple of everyone’s eye. Her life goes smoothly, until her marriage takes an unexpected turn! Her 98-year-old grandfather likes the man’s circumstances, family background, and status, so he forces her to marry him, insisting she be matched with an officer. For two years of marriage, t 82.2kReads8.3Score10kShelves

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    ✨The male protagonist is a high-ranking official in the Beijing circle, and his family is all officials. He has a prominent family background, but due to his grandfather's death arrangement, he married the granddaughter of his comrade in the countryside (the female protagonist). When a beautiful and fair-skinned woman appeared on the border to seek divorce from the male protagonist, the male protagonist fell in love instantly. He fell in love with the female protagonist at first sight and just wanted to keep her by his side.

17. 67 带 The Troops Come to Claim Their Child: My Cold-Faced Husband Is Wrapped Around My Finger 带娃部队认亲：面冷丈夫被拿捏 Winter Moon冬冬月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Only after being reborn did Su Li learn that her twin sons were not her husband's at all. The Jiang family had deliberately staged the whole thing to get close to her father, a factory director. No wonder the Jiang family had never liked her children from the moment they were born. After her father was dismissed from his post, they brazenly pressured her to divorce and threw the children out of the house. Su Li could only watch as her eldest son drowned and her younger son died of a fever. She 19.7kReads7.8Score2.7kShelves
18. 68 老 The Old Lady Is Reborn and Finds Her Youngest Son a Capitalist’s Daughter to Marry 老太太重生给小儿子娶资本家小姐 Leisurely Half-Day半日閑人Modern Romance465k WordsCompleted Wen Shuwan was the pampered daughter of a capitalist family, a bona fide rich beauty. With a storm brewing and enemies she had offended, she was sent away for nearly twenty years. Just as she finally got her label removed and returned to the city, she became a vegetable while saving someone. When she opened her eyes again, it was 1960. “Am I supposed to repeat the same mistakes?” Absolutely not. During this sensitive period, protecting her family meant finding a new way to live. So she stayed up 1.4kReads8.6Score179Shelves

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    Who knows! A wonderful collision of period stories + a veteran cadre male protagonist 💥 The chief marries a capitalist girl, his wife repairs tatters, and her breasts look like a smaller version... It has the fireworks of the era, but also has the innocence and tenderness of the veteran cadres. The plot is sober and warm, and the era is controlled by the speed code. Watch the veteran cadre male protagonist sprinkle sugar over the years👇

19. 69 林 Director Lin, Your Wife’s Off Fixing Junk Again 林局，你媳妇儿又去修破烂了 Qin Jiayin秦嘉音Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted After becoming the cannon-fodder eldest sister in a story set in a bygone era, Qin Rou ends up with the powerful man who was supposed to become the female lead's future backer. What do you do when, from the start, you're cast as the overworked, self-sacrificing eldest sister in a book? Qin Rou: “What else can I do? I'll make a living with my skills.” She quietly takes stock of all the things she's good at and feels confident. No big deal! Then she takes a closer look. What? The 1970s? This might 1.7kReads8.8Score191Shelves
20. 70 首 Commander, Your Wife Sank the Enemy Warship 首长，你媳妇儿把敌舰打沉了 Gu Yue Yan古月言Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as: Commander, Your Wife Just Rammed an Enemy Ship with a Whale Again [Period military romance, island life, raising kids, strengthening the nation, wealthy family, devoted couple] Female ship captain vs. special forces king She has a golden finger, but it’s not much of one. (It barely comes into play in everyday life and is mostly used against foreign enemies.) Trying to take everything from her? Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt seize Lin Wanxia’s family home and even try to sell her to 3.7kReads9.0Score645Shelves
21. 71 首 Chief, the Little Girl Outside the Compound Looks Just Like You, Only Smaller 首长，大院外的奶团像缩小版的您 Tong Yuyue童雨月Modern Romance274k WordsCompleted When Tong Yuexin died, she learned that her child wasn’t her husband’s at all. He had married her only for her family’s wealth, intending to drain them of everything they had. Reborn in the 1980s, when her son was just two, she resolved to raise him well and build a life together, never repeating the mistakes of her past. But not long after her rebirth, she ran into her child’s biological father. He was a soldier, and she never expected to end up in a whirlwind marriage with a man she had only j 1.1kReads8.8Score127Shelves
22. 72 被 The Heirless Tycoon Took Her by Cunning Force, and She Bore Him Triplets 被绝嗣大佬巧取豪夺，她一胎三宝 Nine Hundred Million九亿Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Flash marriage in the 1970s + military life + island setting + everyday life + golden finger + sweet romance + devoted husband] Ye Shu was forced by her mother-in-law to visit family on the island, only to discover that her husband already had a beloved first love and had never wanted to marry anyone but her. He even deliberately let her get caught in a snowstorm, where she nearly froze to death. How could Ye Shu, who had transmigrated here, put up with such humiliation? A powerful man saved he 11.1kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
23. 73 我 I’m the Wicked Villainess, but My Officer Husband Spoils Me Rotten 我是恶毒女配，可军官老公超宠我 Chu Ningqi楚凝七Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + System Space + Sweet Daily Life + Plot Awakening + Completing Tasks and Stockpiling Supplies] After having nightmares for three nights straight, Lei Jiaojiao discovers that she's the vicious supporting character in a period novel. In the story, she torments her twin sister, does countless wicked things, and dies a miserable death. Worse still, she's bound to a Vicious Supporting Character Reform System, which orders her to be kind and work hard to change her 41.1kReads8.6Score5.6kShelves
24. 74 和 After Eloping with Her Childhood Friend, Her Rugged Commander Husband Went Crazy 和竹马私奔后，糙汉首长急疯了 Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance864k WordsCompleted [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + married first, love later + winning back his wife!] Song Shengsheng had a nightmare and discovered that she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel: the male lead’s first wife, who died young. In the book, beauty was her only asset. To escape her husband, she wrote a letter reporting that her military officer husband came from a politically suspect background. That wasn’t all. When 34.6kReads8.8Score3kShelves

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    Beijing Circle + Senior Cadre + Emotionally Stable Veteran Cadre The male protagonist is a senior cadre in Beijing Circle. His parents are both officials, and he is also a promising military officer. Unexpectedly, I met the heroine who was too lazy to do anything, disliked poverty and loved being rich, and she even gave birth to a son. No matter how much trouble his wife makes, he is always emotionally stable and always dotes on her. He has cleaned up a lot of messes for the heroine. The bottom line is not to get divorced. ? V

25. 75 领 Boss, We're Not Close 领导，我们不熟 A Confused Madman, Ah Ah迷迷糊糊的疯子啊啊Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When they first met, he was the vibrant boy next door, and she was a sensitive, insecure girl who knew little of the world. Song Jinyan would grin and call Su Niannian “Little Stutterer,” and he would also patiently tutor her in her studies. When they met again, he was an ambitious senior leader, and she was an earnest staff member. Su Niannian thought Song Jinyan had long since forgotten the girl next door, until one day after an event, a drunk Song Jinyan stopped her in the corridor and asked 12.2kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves

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    Really can't miss it!! He was the deputy mayor. When she was in high school, he was the neighbor's brother and tutored her in her studies. Later, she graduated from college and was admitted to the civil service. After he became the mayor, he went to the heroine's unit for research and met her but did not recognize her because she was very fat when she was studying. Now she has become as beautiful as a flower.

26. 76 欢 Huanhuan Is Here! 欢欢欢欢欢欢欢欢来了 Lan Chun兰春Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + sweet romance] After binding herself to a System, Yu Huan became the ex-girlfriend of the male lead in every world. But she was only a supporting character. As soon as the heroine appeared, she, the woman who wasn’t destined for him, would soon be written out. Transmigrating into the substitute for the man’s unrequited love, Yu Huan happily spent his money on food, drink, and fun, waiting for the heroine to return from abroad so she could take her breakup settlement and en 91.8kReads9.1Score6.9kShelves
27. 77 相 I Went to the Wrong Blind Date Table and Married an Officer, Then Made a Fortune with My Pocket Dimension 相亲走错桌嫁军官，携空间赚翻了 October Frost十月霜华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Entirely fictional] (military marriage in a bygone era + devoted love between two virgins + face-slapping villains + a touch of fantasy with a pocket dimension + no saintly heroine + building wealth) After ten years of keeping her head down, Gong Linglong finally avenged her parents and reclaimed everything that belonged to her. Just as she was about to enjoy life, a soul-reaper dragged her spirit down to the underworld! Damn it! They got the wrong soul? And she couldn't go back? With her fiery 45.8kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves

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    🌈What happened when we went to the wrong table on a blind date? After checking our eyes, we are together‼ ️ At the beginning of a new life, the original owner arranged a blind date to save his mother. Do you really want to go for the two hundred yuan gift? ⁉️ Oh, this blind date is handsome, tall, and a young and promising military officer. He still helped her when she was a scumbag. I must give full marks! However, when I turned around, I found that something had happened: What? Are you not a blind date? I went to the wrong table⁉️ It's wrong. This man is good at her aesthetics. He gives her a stick when she abuses her, he scolds her when she does bad things, he firmly supports her when she curses, and he is responsible for rolling out the money when she is making money. Such a man is rare in the world. He must have been specially sent by the Lord of Hell to make up for her. She will definitely accept it‼ ️

28. 78 不 Infertile? She Remarried the Toughest Officer and Had Two Kids in Three Years 不孕？改嫁最猛军官三年抱俩 Hibiscus Flower City木槿花城Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Secret Crush Comes True + Building a Fortune + Second Male Lead’s Wife-Chasing Inferno] When Su Mo said she wanted to divorce Lu Shen, nobody believed her. Everyone among their friends and relatives knew how deeply she loved him. Lu Shen thought so too. He’d always believed Su Mo was the one chasing after him. Divorce? Impossible. But when it became clear she really meant it, Lu Shen and his whole family were dumbfounded. Su Mo was actually going through with it? The worst part 1.1kReads9.0Score124Shelves

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    The female protagonist divorced her scumbag ex-husband at the beginning, and then remarried the male protagonist. The male protagonist is an army officer. He is especially fond of the heroine.

29. 79 七 The Little Fairy of the 1970s, Spoiled Rotten by the County Magistrate 七零小仙女，县长宠疯了 Fang Niuniu Loves to Sleep方牛牛爱睡觉Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted At eighteen, Jian Nanxu was cool and ethereal, with peerless beauty. In everyone’s eyes, she was a distant little fairy. Born into a family of scholars, she had already been accepted to her dream university. The greatest hardship she had ever faced was drinking iced Americanos without sugar. Who could have guessed that the transmigration god would decide her life was just too perfect and kick her straight into the 1970s? A stunning young woman dropped into the 1970s with no family, household reg 11.9kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves

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    🍁🍁The heroine and her family were climbing ⛰️ when they unfortunately fell off a cliff and landed in the hero's yard. When the heroine woke up, she found that she was wearing clothes from the same age and could only pretend to have amnesia. The hero was attracted to the heroine and knew that he was pretending to have amnesia, so he told the heroine that he was her husband, took the heroine home, and wanted to marry her...

30. 80 五 Fifties: I Take My Real Daughter and Adopted Daughter and Marry a Military Officer 五零：带着真千金养女改嫁军官 Azure Sky Wind天青色的风Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period setting + military marriage + real and fake heiresses + raising a child + face-slapping] Zhao Jing, an overworked office drone, faints and wakes up in the 1950s. Her in-laws are preparing to secretly tie her up and marry her off for a bride price, while a lecherous man tries to take advantage of her. With the living conditions unbearable, Zhao Jing quickly flees with her adopted daughter, only to discover that her supposedly fallen husband has not only become an official 14.8kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves

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    [Blowing kiss][Blowing kiss] Zhao Jinghun travels back to the 1950s and discovers that her parents-in-law are plotting to kidnap her for lottery money, and that a wretched man wants to molest her. On the way to escape, she also discovers that her dead husband is getting married again. Zhao Jing said: "In that case, let's stop playing with it." She sends her parents-in-law in and slaps the scumbag in the face...

31. 81 小 The Teary-Eyed Educated Youth and the Rugged Veteran 小哭包知青，缠上退伍糙汉 Qian Yuyu千鱼鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as [Space] [Everyone's darling] [Medical skills] [Period] [Strong heroine] The eldest daughter of the Wen family came from a family of doctors and had both wealth and medical expertise. After her parents died, she planned to spend the rest of her life with her grandfather, but then she had a strange dream. After unlocking her ancestral bracelet, she frantically stockpiled supplies, fully expecting that she and her grandfather would 3.3kReads8.9Score383Shelves

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    The eldest lady of the Wen family comes from a family with medical skills, and has both wealth and medical skills. After his parents died, he planned to spend his whole life with his grandfather, but unexpectedly he had a strange dream. After opening the ancestral bracelet, I stocked up like crazy, thinking that I could travel through time with my grandfather. However, after a car accident, she came to the 1970s alone. He suddenly turned into a poor little man whose parents and family were framed. Although she loves to cry, she is strong. She catches traitors and rescues abducted women. Her career is booming and she is favored by everyone. Although her fate was full of ups and downs, she persevered and stayed with her brother Bing, the village chief's family member.

32. 82 癫 Crazy, Crazy, Crazy! The Fake Heiress and Her Mad Factory Director 癫癫癫！假千金和疯批厂长的日常 Mo Mo墨墨Modern Romance602k WordsCompleted Ye Zhenzhu was a brash rich kid from the 21st century. After getting drunk, she transmigrated into a book about a real and fake heiress. To her surprise, she became the beloved fake heiress whom all the readers hated and despised. What? Because she took someone else's identity for over a decade, she should make way for her and go back to the countryside to marry a butcher? She was willing to give up her place, but the other girl wasn't about to let her off easy! What could she do? Tear off that 9.3kReads9.1Score775Shelves

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    Ye Zhenzhu is a second-generation rich man who spends his time in the 21st century. He drunkenly read books about real and fake rich people. Unexpectedly, she became the fake rich lady who was hated and despised by readers. What? After occupying someone else's identity for more than ten years, she should give in and go back to the countryside to marry a butcher? She let people, and they don't want her to have an easy time! So what should I do? Tear off your mask of being a shit-stick on the spot and slap her in the face like crazy. Fortunately, the original host was clever and robbed a high-quality man, so he no longer had to marry a rural butcher. However, what she didn't expect was that Zhenganjin would also be pierced by a later high school student with a huge gold finger. It didn't matter, her goldfinger was powerful, and Zhenqiangjin's goldfinger would plunder it without hesitation, making it impossible for her to use it no matter what kind of monster it was!

33. 83 八 To Avoid Disaster, the Village Belle Marries the Village Bully and Asks Him for a Baby 八零村花为避祸嫁村霸，邀他生崽 Little Spinning Top小陀螺转转Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted [Delicate village beauty + rugged man + adored by all + cozy romance + having a baby + childhood sweethearts] Su Yunqi was famous throughout the surrounding villages for being a delicate beauty. Unfortunately, the Su family had little power and couldn't protect her. When a rich hooligan took a fancy to her, they had no choice but to hastily marry her off to a rugged man from the neighboring village, an even bigger village bully and hooligan. He was five years older than her, and they'd grown u 15.7kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
34. 84 睁 I Woke Up in the 1970s and Refused to Give the Male Lead to the Heroine 睁眼七零：坚决不把男主让给女主 Watermelon Who Loves Meat爱吃肉肉的西瓜Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted (A fictional setting + marriage first, love later + both leads are each other’s one and only) Ye Liuqing opened her eyes and found herself the short-lived first wife of the male lead in a period novel. She had only recently gotten engaged to him when she slipped into the water, was groped all over in front of everyone by an old bachelor, and jumped into the river in humiliation. Short-lived? She crippled the old bachelor who tried to take advantage of her with one kick! Poor family? With a cleve 2.2kReads8.7Score141Shelves
35. 85 大 The Big Boss's Little Wife 大领导的小妻子 Like a Song宛如歌Modern Romance769k WordsCompleted This book tells the story of An Xue, whose husband Zheng Yu abandons her for a new lover. A chance encounter with her neighbor Lei Congguang changes the course of her life. Born into a high-ranking official's family, Lei Congguang initially looks down on An Xue, but after a series of absurd and comical encounters, he finally recognizes his true feelings and falls in love with her. One is a rising government official, while the other is a divorced woman who barely stands out in a crowd. After nav 19.3kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
36. 86 七 The 1970s: My Blind Date Is a Little Fierce 七零之相亲对象有点凶 Stir-Fried Crawfish, Crawfish, Crawfish, Crawfish爆炒小龙虾虾虾虾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Jiao had been pretty since she was little. She was renowned as the beauty of Qingshan Village and the surrounding countryside, and everyone was eager to play matchmaker for her. But Xu Jiao rejected every suitor, finding one ugly and another pathetic. Her mother was at her wits’ end. On the third day of her visit to her older sister, someone introduced her to a potential match. He was handsome, capable, and from a good family. She had seen his photo, and he looked pretty good. He was so perfe 19.5kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
37. 87 七 1970s! Transmigrated as the Pampered Daughter-in-Law Favored by Her Mother-in-Law 七零！穿成婆婆偏心的娇儿媳 Cen Wang岑王Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Murong Xi transmigrates into a tearjerker period novel as the saintly, beloved white moonlight, what does it feel like? Thanks for asking. I’m currently researching seventy-six different ways to live or die~ According to the plot, she’s supposed to toil selflessly like a saint, giving everything she has. She’ll endure misunderstanding and torment, then burn through the last of her light and warmth. In the end, she’ll become the white moonlight propping up the male lead’s table, and the mosq 10.9kReads9.2Score824Shelves
38. 88 七 Back to 1970 Before I Lost My Chastity: Husband, I Was Wrong 七零回到失去清白前，老公我错了 Shameless Young Master公子无耻Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone in Yonggan Village knew that the newly arrived Shen Jiaojiao was a little temptress. She dressed in flashy clothes every day and chased after men. Later, a scumbag chopped off Shen Jiaojiao's legs, threw her in a basement, and tortured her until she wished she were dead. When she was critically ill, the man she'd personally sent to prison, Xu Mo, bought her for a million. Shen Jiaojiao thought Xu Mo had bought her to humiliate and torment her. But he put their past behind them, marri 20.7kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
39. 89 他 He's Rotten to the Core 他坏透了 The Peerless Landlady绝世包租婆Modern Romance515k WordsCompleted [Roguishly handsome powerhouse tattoo artist × gentle, well-behaved chemistry student] Han Yueting studies chemistry at Tongji University. She's an excellent student with a gentle personality, and has never rebelled in her life. One day, she steps into a tattoo shop near campus. Surrounded by walls covered in large, black-and-gray photorealistic tattoos of rugged men, she pulls out the delicate little tattoo design she'd saved and shows it to him. The man's pale eyelids lift. Expressionless, he 4.3kReads9.3Score510Shelves
40. 90 重 Reborn in 1970: I Bring Forty Million and Become a Mother 重生70：我带着四千万喜当娘 Chang'an at the Hour of the Rooster长安酉时Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Liu Yaya is an overworked office drone, and Heaven finally smiles on her when she wins the lottery. But just after claiming her prize, she is reborn. At least she has a personal space and the money from her winnings. The only problem is that she has been reborn as a high-maintenance pregnant woman expecting twins, with an unfamiliar husband and a sudden mother-in-law relationship to deal with. What is she supposed to do? Liu Yaya wants to cry, but can't. (This is the author's first novel, so som 1.1kReads8.8Score—Shelves
41. 91 穿 Transmigrated Into a ’70s Novel: Mom Taught Me How to Handle Men 穿书七零：我妈教我拿捏男人 Encounter遇见Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to 12.1kReads7.3Score872Shelves
42. 92 路 Never Rescue a Man on the Roadside, Especially One Holding a Gun 路边的男人不能救，可他手里有枪 Sisters Yiyi姐妹花一一Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On a bitter winter day in 1975, Jiang Yu, director of the Revolutionary Committee in Hancheng County, was knocked unconscious with a brick on his way to work. When he woke up, all his belongings had been stolen: his service pistol, wallet, watch, and belt. Not a thing was left. The robbers were two high school sophomores, Xu Aiguo and Xu Xiuyun. The cousins worked together: he carried Jiang Yu to the hospital, while she stripped him bare as he lay unconscious. Xu Xiuyun stuffed the pistol into 3.4kReads6.2Score335Shelves

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    It's a funny and enjoyable story. The heroine is selfish and sober, smart and bold. She can run away quickly when encountering trouble without any internal friction. She is a great fighter. She has many brothers in the family, but they are not able to unite. The male protagonist is a veteran cadre, and she is strict in everything she does. The heroine just likes him because he is rich.

43. 93 爆 Breaking News! The Gentle, Distinguished Diplomat Is a Flirt in Private! 爆！温柔矜贵外交官私下撩翻了！ Yi He颐和Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The troupe’s leading star, a flirtatious young lady who loves to hook her prey × a willing-to-take-the-bait, scheming diplomat | She pursues him, sweet romance | Two powerful leads, satisfying story | Age gap | Loving family | Complete] Modern top-tier star Fu Chuyou transmigrates into the body of a young lady in the 1970s, only to be forced to go to the countryside from the start. Her family doesn’t want her to go, and neither does she. With a voice like an angel’s, she wins her way into the c 11.7kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    🌈A period story, the heroine is a modern top singer who travels through the ages, and the gentle and dignified male protagonist is a politician and diplomat. The heroine successfully joined the military art troupe with the song "As You Want". "And I will love the one you love. I wish you the smile you wish for. I am holding your hand with faltering. Please take me to tomorrow. If you have ever suffered from my sweetness, I will live to fulfill your wish. May it be in vain? May you be brave? Every day in this prosperous age." The male protagonist also witnessed the first shining of the female protagonist✨

44. 94 你 Hello! My Diplomat 你好！我的外交官先生 Little Bookworm爱学习的小小只Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Bright, cheerful international student + Cool, abstinent diplomat] [Unrequited love becomes mutual + Power Couple + He doesn’t love her at first + Later turns into a fiercely protective husband + Happy Ending] At 22, Lin Shuxue, heir to the Lin Group, went to Paris to study. On the third day, at the welcome party for new students, she experienced her first crush. The cool, dignified diplomat standing at the podium was ten whole years older than her, 188 centimeters tall, and so handsome he look 5.7kReads9.5Score709Shelves
45. 95 年 A Military Marriage in the Seventies: Marrying an Older Man 年代军婚之嫁给老男人 Fourth Daughter of the Wang Family王家四娘Modern Romance398k WordsOngoing Tong Yao transmigrated from the modern day to the 1970s, transforming from a pretty, fresh-faced girl into a stunning beauty. A beautiful woman invites trouble, and possessing a treasure can bring disaster. To protect herself, she agreed to marry the older military officer she had met as soon as she transmigrated. But her extraordinary beauty attracted one admirer after another. Going from being overlooked to becoming everyone's dream girl, Tong Yao was nearly swept off her feet. She struggled a 18Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    🍀Tong Yao traveled to the 1970s. [Cool] attracted many romantic partners with her beauty, and experienced many twists and turns with the military officer. ✨Come and experience this 1970s story full of love twists and turns! 🌹Yu Niao Niao was demoted by the Lord God to Ji Wen to do tasks, [eat melon], but she didn't play by the rules and only wanted to enjoy happiness. ✨Watch how she skillfully steals the heroine's thigh in different eras and leads a very nourishing life!

46. 96 六 In the 1960s, the Obsessive Tycoon Spoiled Me Rotten 六零年代我被病娇大佬宠上天 Gentle Spring Breeze和煦春风Modern Romance699k WordsCompleted [The leads dote on each other] [Shared golden finger] [Age gap] He Chunyu never expected to transmigrate after going to sleep. The worst part was that she had transmigrated as an unborn baby, and landed in an era of food and clothing shortages! It could always get worse. What? She was also being forced to go to the countryside as an educated youth? As she bent over and worked hard to earn work points, a sudden shock arrived in a letter from home. It turned out her grandfather had arranged a fian 2.5kReads8.0Score173Shelves
47. 97 咸 The Underdog Strikes Back! The Factory Director’s Family Begs Me to Take Them Under My Wing 咸鱼翻身！厂长全家跪求我抱大腿 Mo Mo墨墨Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted Transmigrating into a book + pocket dimension + scheming hero + no saintly heroine + adored by everyone Dearest readers, this book isn’t angsty. It’s a feel-good story about a young female intellectual who helps the whole village get rich, becomes everyone’s darling, catches the eye of a scheming man, and then becomes the darling of his whole family, too. Through one careless mistake, Liu Ruonan transmigrates into a period novel as the real daughter who was switched at birth. Before she can even 3.7kReads9.0Score410Shelves

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48. 98 携 Taking My Pocket Dimension Back to the Countryside 携带空间回农村 Chattering Away多多嚷嚷Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Alternate setting + space + modern urban fantasy farming Yu Nan is unwell, her work is going badly, and she is burdened with debt. She spends the whole night unable to sleep. Who would have thought she'd stumble upon a space bracelet, with a well, fields, a lotus pond, and a mountain inside? She can already picture the beautiful life she'll have after turning things around. So she packs up and heads back to her hometown to enjoy a quiet retirement. Watching Yu Nan grow prettier and richer by the 18.8kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
49. 99 重 Back to the 1980s: Taking My Friends on the Road to Prosperity 重回八零：带着小伙伴们奔小康 Goldfish Huaguoguo金鱼花果果Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Reborn + Face-Slapping and Scum-Bashing + Top Student + Corporate and Business World] Complete! Reborn in a poor village in the 1980s, Xia Yan is dealt a terrible hand: her biological father is seriously ill, her mother favors someone else, and she has no money for school. Xia Yan quickly fights back. She collects the debts owed to her, gives her abusers a piece of her mind, and protects the money she earns herself! Her elders watch her transform from a well-behaved girl int 6.5kReads9.1Score867Shelves
50. 100 重 Back to the 1980s: The Secretary's Precious Wife 重回八零，秘书长家的娇娇妻 Hong Qiqi洪七七Modern Romance439k WordsCompleted (Siheyuan courtyard, inspirational, love at first sight, sweet romance) In the blink of an eye, she was in the 1980s? Zhou Yuwei never imagined that she’d go to bed at home as usual and wake up in the 1980s. From the start, the original Zhou Yuwei had gotten angry because her parents celebrated her birthday together with her older sister’s. She ran out into the alley, got struck by lightning, and somehow that brought the new Zhou Yuwei there. The alley kids were stunned. How had the usually quie 4.3kReads8.8Score239Shelves

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